Here's how Grandmom's family left Russia for a new life in the U.S. fifteen years before she was born.
Remiro Spicer recovered from injury and months at the infamous Andersonville prison to raise a family in Upstate New York
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and an ongoing interest in genealogy.
Some of our best family heirlooms are the things Grammy kept from her wedding.
The story of how my great-grandmother almost didn't make it to the U.S.
The John Choate and Cora Gibbs family has a direct ancestor who volunteered to defend his community, and fought for US independence
William Walter Allen & his wife Helen Maria Gansevoort lived next door to Anthony Lispenard Underhill & his wife Charlotte Louise McBeath.
After fleeing Ireland as a young man, during the potato famine, Samuel settles on a farm in Burlington, New Jersey, and has eight children.
A scarred wooden toy chest reveals the story of an ambitious New York box maker and the tragic end of a family business.
Hunting for James Englehart's parents
From Willis Doris Stokes of Alabama, 1839, to the present day and Reagan Mackenzie Thomas; this is the story of the family, past & present.
This episode of my life events deals with my relations with my grandfather, Mr. Stokes, not Grandfather Stokes, "Mr. Stokes."
The Tulbowitz/Ratner family originated in the Vitebsk region, lived for decades near Rostov-on-Don, and finally settled in Albany, New York.
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans.
The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.
Lee Harvey Oswald-killer Jack Ruby was not related to our family. He tarnished our name in the history books.